Stories dealing with an unusual garden, an enormous library, authorship, language, memory, philosophy, and the art of writing are accompanied by background information, excerpts from an interview with the author, and discussion questions.

Camila cannot wait for her trip to Chiapas. Yes, she must work there and write an article for her magazine, but the recent death of her child has left her deeply depressed, and she needs to start fresh. In Chiapas, she is torn between reconciling her past and the possibility of starting anew. This is a tender portrait of a woman capable of facing her own contradictions.